The metropolis: imaging the city

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From Florence to New York, we trace the imaging of the city in western art: how it develops as the centre of commerce, consumerism and capitalism; a site of leisure, pleasure and tourism. In contrast, we will examine the negative, dystopian, aspects of the city as a place of alienation, isolation and anonymity inhabited by the dispossessed and the corrupt.

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Course programme

Friday

Please plan to arrive between 16:30 and 18:30. You can meet other course members in the bar which opens at 18:15. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms.

19:00 Dinner20:30 First sightings of the city – as imaged pre 186022:00 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Saturday

07:30 Breakfast09:00 City as spectacle - tourism and leisure in 1870s Paris10:30 Coffee11:00 The Underbelly – urban poor in London and Paris12:30 Free13:00 Lunch14:00 Free 16:00 Tea16:30Futurism and the Utopian Vision18:30 Dinner20:00 The City Corrupt – Berlin and the Weimar Republic21:30 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Sunday

07:30 Breakfast09:00 War and the Destruction of the City10:30 Coffee11:00 New York and the American Dream12:30 Free12:45 Lunch

The course will disperse after lunch.

Dietary RequirementsIf you have any specific dietary requirements or allergies please inform our Admissions Team on ice.admissions@ice.cam.ac.uk or +44 (0)1223 746262 if you have not already advised us of your requirements.

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Unless otherwise stated, teaching and assessment for ICE courses are in English. Students whose first language is not English should refer to the Competence in the English Language Policy for further guidance.

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